Enterprise Partner Group Cloud Partner of the Year Award

Hortonworks has just announced that they have won the Enterprise Partner Group Cloud Partner of the Year award at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, held in Orlando. Hortonworks has been recognized for their efforts of bringing the benefits of Apache Hadoop to Microsoft Azure and Windows. Offering Hadoop for hybrid cloud architectures, Hortonworks delivers enterprise grade solutions built on Microsoft tools and applications.

Companies who deliver exemplary solutions that are built on Microsoft technologies are recognized at the Microsoft Partner Conference Awards program.

"We recognize Hortonworks as a significant member of our partner network who has brought the value of Azure to our joint customers," said Tiffany Wissner, senior director of data platform marketing at Microsoft. "As more organizations transition to hybrid cloud architecture, Microsoft and Hortonworks continue to collaborate on a range of solutions designed to deploy Hadoop on hybrid cloud."